source: trunk/minix/lib/sysutil/tickdelay.c@ 11

#include "sysutil.h"
#include <timers.h>

/*===========================================================================*
 *                               tickdelay                                   *
 *===========================================================================*/
PUBLIC int tickdelay(ticks)
long ticks;                             /* number of ticks to wait */
{
/* This function uses the synchronous alarm to delay for a while. This works
 * even if a previous synchronous alarm was scheduled, because the remaining
 * tick of the previous alarm are returned so that it can be rescheduled.
 * Note however that a long tick_delay (longer than the remaining time of the
 * previous) alarm will also delay the previous alarm.
 */
    message m, m_alarm;
    clock_t time_left;
    int s;

    if (ticks <= 0) return;             /* check for robustness */

    m.ALRM_ENDPT = SELF;                /* SELF means this process nr */
    m.ALRM_EXP_TIME = ticks;            /* request message after ticks */
    m.ALRM_ABS_TIME = 0;                /* ticks are relative to now */
    s = _taskcall(SYSTASK, SYS_SETALARM, &m);
    if (s != OK) return(s);

    receive(CLOCK,&m_alarm);            /* await synchronous alarm */

    /* Check if we must reschedule the current alarm. */
    if (m.ALRM_TIME_LEFT > 0 && m.ALRM_TIME_LEFT != TMR_NEVER) {
        m.ALRM_EXP_TIME = m.ALRM_TIME_LEFT - ticks;
        if (m.ALRM_EXP_TIME <= 0) 
                m.ALRM_EXP_TIME = 1;
        s = _taskcall(SYSTASK, SYS_SETALARM, &m);
    }

    return(s);
}